How To GUITAR Playthrough | CAMERA & LIGHTING

[@louistremblay1218]

Lil Dennis out there just being the most educative and informative youtuber for all of us bedroom solo djent project guys, thanks for doing what you do man :)

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hahaha I love the Lil Dennis reference. Bonus points for that. Thanks Louis! Just trying to fulfil my need to make, edit and colour grade footage while teaching all the things I know haha. Lmk if this all helps on your journey. What would you film stuff on? Phone?

[@louistremblay1218]

@@BrendonKPadjasek Yeah its all iphone 11 on the 4k 30fps mode, its absolutely terrible because i cant monitor myself visually while playing

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

I hate that. The image quality is so much better on the front camera than the selfie one. Do you have a phone holder when you film?

[@andurilguitar]

I'm about to record myself playing guitar and as a complete beginner I must say this is pure gold. Keep it up dude, amazing stuff here.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thank you so much! Stoked it was helpful

[@kokocreatesmusic]

queue random extremely high production value all-in-one camera tutorial. man you went all out! so great, esp. also going into psychology of how footage is received. Pure gold.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thank you so much for sticking it out and watching haha. I love videography and aspiring to do more film work so super glad to help share what I’ve learned from a technical and psychological aspect. Helps me reiterate it and think of the easiest way to explain things and understand it even better. Thanks again for watching

[@kokocreatesmusic]

@@BrendonKPadjasek first I thought... wait if he doesn't get to guitar soon there's no video left. Then I saw part 2 and 3 😱😅 well sir. take my sub, it's all I have on me at the moment 😀

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@kokocreatesmusic hahahah I’ll take it. Thanks so much. Yeah honestly I could have easily spent way more time on it but had to cut it off at some point haha

[@Ehhhhhyo]

Some of those shots look super cool without the key light but I see how you would need it to see the notes.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Exactly haha. I wish I could get away with just the back and RGB lights sometimes

[@MNRezasa_]

Finally found the best lesson! Thank you man!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

No problem at all! I love videography work so any time I get a chance to make a video related to that I will

[@MNRezasa_]

@@BrendonKPadjasek That’s so awesome, you got all the high quality on music and videography. Thank you for sharing the knowledges!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@MNRezasa_ that means a lot. Thank you! And no problem at all. Happy to help

[@don-music]

This is incredible info, in general, about filming, both for video and for photography! amazing!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thank you so much Don! A few years ago I was getting really over exerted with music, picked up a camera and I feel like I have a whole new purpose with video and photography now. And it makes music More fun as well, to have another reason to write and film a song. Which camera are you using? Or are you on a phone?

[@nathanstatham]

Man you do it all! Killer music production tutorials AND video production tutorials. Your channel is a gold mine of knowledge. Gonna have to binge your content this weekend. Love this vids dude.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Eh thank you my man. I’m lucky to work as a videographer/ photographer for most of my work these days and having the music background I think really helps with the creative side and syncopation between the audio and video side

[@smy_guitarist]

This really helps understand the key components to lighting specific features of the composition. Great work :)

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Eh thank you so much! Definitely the whole intention of it so I’m super glad it was useful

[@bobbyarenasmusic]

Dude, I just want to say that you are so fantastic at this. You are putting down nothing but good information and in a concise manner. Keep killing it! Will be supporting as much as I can!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

That really does mean a lot. Thank you so much! I mostly do video these days so I have a lot of passion towards that field

[@AlexQuaglieri]

I’ve been making videos for years and this was still incredibly helpful. So stoked to see you doing this channel. Always been a big fan of your work since the early Structures days. Keep on keeping on 🤘

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thanks so much! I learned a lot of these techniques from filming client work as well as the few music videos I've done. I love camera work haha Thanks for following us since our early days

[@burneraccounthandle]

thank you for this info, especially the part about the framerate

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thanks for watching. And yeah, Frame rate is a very very overlooked aspect and can make your videos look very much like a “soap opera”

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

If it’s 60fps it’ll look super strange

[@MrShido808]

dude this guy is a great teacher!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thank you so much! I love using my camera haha

[@GuitarSensei]

Super Interesting. Thank you. Looking forward to include that in my videos

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Very glad to hear that. Thanks for watching!

[@ZackRappMusic]

Man, this was a goldmine of info. Thank you!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Always glad to help!

[@aimanhassan4004]

This is fire 🔥. I need the iphone version now.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

should be out wednesday!

[@alyxgonzales]

Learned a lot from this, thank you! Would love to see an iPhone version

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thanks for checking it out! Yeah a lot of people have been asking about that so I’ll definitely get working on it for a next playthrough

[@donovanhutchinson4509]

Damn this is super in depth while also being fairly short great video

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thanks my man! I try to keep my videos as long as they need to be. Sometimes it ends up being a bit too long haha

[@MychaelAllenMusic]

Great info! Thanks for sharing!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

No problem!

[@arjunjsatheesh8899]

Thank you for this awesome tutorial \m/

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thank YOU for watching it haha

[@immymortal]

Now if only I knew HOW to play the guitar, I'd have amazing content 😂 Thanks as always Brendon!!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Lmao! There’s always time to learn. Thanks for watching and if you ever film anything these tips work all across the board for anything

[@immymortal]

@@BrendonKPadjasek Is there any chance of potentially creating a "Guitar101" lesson? Where it teaches someone what guitar to buy for a beginner, explain a bit about amps/digital amps, what to start learning (chords and then simple songs) until finally getting into a Metalcore/progressive/djent vibe playing.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

That’s definitely possible. It would seem like a course kind of ordeal but maybe that’s something I work towards. Good idea !

[@immymortal]

@@BrendonKPadjasek no rush or anything ☺️ I'm thinking of having a new hobby and I think I want to learn how to play the guitar. Since I love your videos and your teaching approach, I'd be looking forward to a mini series or course. Definitely willing to pay for it too!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Awesome! I’ll definitely keep that in mind. And thanks for the kind words!

[@kidalain]

Impecable video!!!! Gracias por la ayuda!!!!!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thank you so much. I have some more “how to guitar playthrough” style videos coming soon

[@kidalain]

@@BrendonKPadjasek perfecto!!!!!! Yo también espero subir algunas cosas, te las enviare para saber tu opinión, gracias por tremendo trabajo! Saludos desde Chile!

[@6oundStudio]

agreed. 60 per second instantly look amateur for some reason. would be cool if there was a plugin that could randomly cut between footages that you provide. I've bought a Canon 600D more than ten years ago, but I am to shy to do videos, so I've never got to use it for shooting videos. It's probably very outdated tech by now, but it's probably better than my phone, right?

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

100% better than your phone. Which lenses do you have for the EF system? If you Multicam it, it works really well. You’ll see in the next video coming out in a few days. And that’s also why I don’t often like to show my face in my playthroughs. It’s more about the music than me

[@6oundStudio]

@@BrendonKPadjasek I have a really bad memory haha. one of them films super close and background is very blurry. the other one is like a normal lens. I will be able to check it out in a few days. but that's awesome that an old camera is still better than modern phone

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Oh yeah. I mainly subscribe to camera channels and some of my favourite photographers are still using 10 + year old cameras. It’s actually all about the lens and the lighting. I’ve watched people make Gatorade commercials with that classic rebel T3i everyone had haha. I’d imagine you have a 50mm 1.8 as it’s the classics for the canon system. Even if you use your phone you’ll get good results but likely you’d need to make sure your background is dark as phones done so Depth of Field well at all.

[@6oundStudio]

@@BrendonKPadjasek thanks a lot for the advice!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

I worries. If you have any more questions feel free to ask! I LOVE videography so I’m always down to nerd out.

[@thestokyproject]

Super informative and easy to follow - thanks!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

No problem! I have a whole series on each topic if you’re interested in checking out the others as well

[@thestokyproject]

@@BrendonKPadjasek Definitely will be :)

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@thestokyproject I appreciate that! Let me know if you have any more questions

[@blindsun]

Iphone playthrough vid please, thanks. Great stuff!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thanks so much for checking it out. I have 2 other videos coming out in the next few days that will work for iPhone and camera footage (all the editing and colour grading) so stay tuned for that. I’ll definitely work on an iPhone playthrough next!

[@jackjackjack26]

very informative!!, thanks!!!!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

No problem! Thanks for checking it out

[@Evolji228]

Awesome info, thank you so much! Will you clarify how the multicam work in next video? Thank you in advance

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thank you so much! And yes definitely. The majority of the next video is Multicam and also Media Optimization to make sure any computer can playback the video without lag Are you already on DaVinci Resolve ?

[@Evolji228]

@@BrendonKPadjasek No, i just trying to realize how the music video production of this kind even works on the most simple level

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Ahh okay in the next video I go over the basics of the editing pages so you’ll see what I mean. Multicam is pretty easy to set up

[@deadlydarklord666]

thank's man, this video would definitely help me a lot in the future!!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Stoked to hear that. Thanks for watching. Also I have some videos coming up next about the editing and colour grading using a free program called DaVinci Resolve so check that out in the next couple days for more info!

[@deadlydarklord666]

@@BrendonKPadjasek can't wait ! , i also use davinci resolve as well, i used to followed Joe from ggd ways to edit the video ,but for now, let me fix my probs step by step

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Absolutely! Resolve is so damn good and cheaper in the long run. I was on premiere before and never looked back. The colour grading tools are irreplaceable for stock plugins. Do you have the free version or the Studio?

[@lil_wooper1871]

Would be rad to see a video ( or short ) on some angles for vertical video

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Oh that’s a great idea. I often forget about vertical even though it’s the norm now

[@lil_wooper1871]

@@BrendonKPadjasek thanks man! Angles that kinda steer clear of the tiktok / reels/ shorts UI would be much appreciated

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@lil_wooper1871 I’ll keep it all in mind. Thanks!

[@jamescourim_guitar]

This was awesome man, thank you. Would love to see how you do it on a iPhone

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hey thanks so much. I’ve contemplated doing that as well. I’m going to do a short video on the best app for doing that on a phone so I’ll include some pointers in that as well

[@666fbp]

This is really cool, learned a lot from it. It would be nice to see how you would do with iPhone. I’ve been researching a lot about add on lenses and filters to record with the main iPhone 15 pro camera (the 48mp one)

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

I’m actually working on that video as we speak. I shot my most recent playthrough on an iPhone 13. Check it out if you’d like. iPhone video should be out tomorrow or Saturday Moment also has some really cool lenses

[@666fbp]

@@BrendonKPadjasek that’s great man, you do a great job ❤️

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@francisbrunopimenta3238 thanks so much! Look out for that video soon

[@brownpunk1794]

Hi man Good vid. Simple query(cant find a decent answer)..is there a free video capture program that lets me record 2 webcams at the SAME time(2 output files)? Cheers

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hmm unfortunately I don’t know much about the webcam world but I imagine Reddit would be helpful

[@bentooliveira5679]

Amazing content, bro!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thank you so much my friend! I have a video on iPhone playthroughs as well if that interests you

[@c0dypeng]

Tho I use my phone to film my cover videos, but the concept you share in this video is helpful!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hell yeah. Would you want me to do a play through on your phone video?

[@c0dypeng]

@@BrendonKPadjasek I’d love to see that!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

That is next on the play through list for me to film

[@edsharov]

How many released tracks of structures/Brendon we'll be listening if this channel closed?😂 Really involved since 2014, you're just perfectionist but what a diamond of guitarist/production man

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hahah well luckily this channel won’t be closed so I’ll be putting out videos and songs until my hands give out. That’s the plan for now haha. Thanks so much Ed! Appreciate you checking out the page and all the kind words

[@edsharov]

@@BrendonKPadjasek still trying to understand the details and magic of the Earth Gazing with my band, I think it's the balance of power and composition of modern metal

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Oh hell yeah. Our other guitar player actually wrote that song and I just contributed with the lyrics (our old bassist and I) and vocals. We really focused on song writing on that album opposed to “writing the heaviest breakdowns and two steps” like with older album

[@bl4ckoutseven709]

Great video, thank you so much ! ;)

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hey no problem at all. I have a whole series so if you’re interested in the other aspects check them out. They go a long way for me

[@bl4ckoutseven709]

@@BrendonKPadjasek Yeah I saw that and I will watch everything ;) Also I saw your vocals series so I will have a look as well :D

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@bl4ckoutseven709 oh awesome. Thanks. I haven’t done a vocal video in a while but I should

[@bl4ckoutseven709]

@@BrendonKPadjasek I've tried to learn how to scream for many years but never succeeded, although I kinda found how to reach that distortion spot but don't know if I do the correct things ^^ That would be cool if you continue your vocal series of course ;) I love the scream by the ghost inside's vocalist Jonathan Vigil, that's my goal haha

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@bl4ckoutseven709 oh yeah he’s got a cool voice. I’ll have to find some topics I can cover

[@southisaac]

So is it best to start with a dark room? My room is bright just by having the regular ceiling lights on.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Definitely start with those ceiling lights off. They’ll make it look extremely flat

[@southisaac]

@@BrendonKPadjasek Thank you. If I turn those lights off, it’s pitch black in my room. Is that OK? As long as I have the front and back lights and RGB lights?

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@southisaac id say so for sure. Then it leaves room for you to get creative with lighting where as the top lights don’t really give you much room and always leave those bad shadows that give you raccoon eyes

[@djd1194]

Unrelated to the topic of the video, but are you rocking 6 wound up strings on your 7 string? Had a friend lend me a wound up G and it is a life changer.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

I ALWAYS go wound 3rd string. Even on my 6’s. That’s the only way to have any success with tuning that dreaded 3rd string. Thanks for checking it out! Which guitar are you playing ?

[@djd1194]

@@BrendonKPadjasek Recently bought a Balaguer from my friend. He already had it restrung with that wound up G and that's how I found out about it. Weighs a ton more then what I'm use to playing (Fender guitars usually)

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Yeah fender’s are quite light but just as heavy as they need to be. How do you like the guitar?

[@sergeenriquez]

If I watched this before going to film school back in the day I would've saved 4 years of my life and $30k.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hahaha yeah I’ve heard film school can be quite a waste of money in a lot of situations unfortunately. But great for making connections and networking

[@sevn9562]

I really want to see it done with an iPhone!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Will do! I have the next 2 videos lined up that are for editing and colour grading which will work just as well with iPhone but later on I can make a new song and film it with the intention of making the most of an iPhone playthrough. Thanks for watching !

[@sevn9562]

@@BrendonKPadjasek awesome! I will watch them all!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Haha thanks ! That means a lot

[@StNudge]

Do you have any video on suggestions for not so expensive cameras for this purpose? What would you recommend? (350-550€ max)

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

At that price point you won’t get great autofocus performance so you’ll have to rely on manual focus. I would suggest the Lumix GH4 or GH5 if you can get a gh5 at that price. And look out for one with V-LOG (higher dynamic range profile). The gh4 may be a better option at that price as you’ll need a lens and a light as well. Lighting and lens choice are much more important than the camera itself. Buy everything used. GH4 plus a couple of cheaper prime lenses (likely the Lumix 20mm f1.7 and if you have budget for something in the 40mm-60mm range - keeping in mind that since it’s a crop sensor camera, a 20mm becomes a 40mm equivalent so double all those numbers) Also there are a lot of third party super affordable lenses for the m43 system. Godox makes a really affordable sl60 light which would be great start. If you want RGB light, Neewer are fairly affordable and you can battery operated them, but they’re not very bright. I would go, gh4, Lumix 20mm f1.7 to start (or 2 super budget prime lenses of different focal lengths and higher aperture) and the Godox sl60 + a softbox Lmk if you have any other questions.

[@StNudge]

@@BrendonKPadjasek Yes I was also thinking about buying some lights on Amazon or something, apart from the camera itself, I heard it helps a lot with the quality. I will check those cameras you mentioned. Thank you, you were very helpful. New sub here.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@@StNudge eh thanks so much! Also if the gh4 is too out of budget with everything in mind, I use the Lumix G7 every now and then on client shoots when I need a 3rd or 4th angle

[@StNudge]

@@BrendonKPadjasek I was googling and I found someone selling a Lumix 20mm for 200€, looks brand new. Do you think its a good price? I would buy a camera after cause Im not in a rush but if its a good deal, I might take it

[@StNudge]

@@BrendonKPadjasek One last question: I was searching and I have one guy selling the Lumix gh4, with a 14-45mm len for 435€. I have other guy selling the 20-60mm len you talked about alone for 200€, looks new also. Would it be a good oportunity to buy the cam with the 14-45mm len or just buy the 20-60mm and buy the câmera later (Not In a rush)

[@beefybuttercup2978]

You could market/coach some of those girl$ Only videos to help them improve....

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

I’m not exactly sure what you mean Lmao

[@SpennyClem]

/ playthrough with iPhone pls lmao

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Haha will do! The next 2 videos coming out will definitely work for iPhones as well but I’ll get on the filming side with iPhones too. It will be slightly different, especially since phones don’t have real depth of field. Which iPhone are you on?